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Today is about the first day of spring with temps above freezing..... tues we were frozen in... yet today 3-5 at noon, my bees are bring in pollen.... and quite a bit of it...... not a darn thing green as of yet and no buds or flower I see... anybody have a clue? I am in southern Il......about the st. louis line.....

There are usually some kind of weed blooming early. In January, my bees were bringing in loads of pollen. I understand that the bees are gathering from some small, low growing plants that we probably overlook as well as aster pollens from last fall.

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"Don't know what I'd do without that boy......but I'm sure willin' to give it a try!"J.D. Clampett commenting about Jethro Bodine.

good point with false pollens... I can't imagine left overs from last years...... and the only thing green here yet is the pine trees. the grass is got a cpl spots the are starting to green a bit..... My yard is full of maples and as of yet they are not budded.....

"Power, especially overgrown power, whets the ambition and sets all the wits to work to enlarge it. Therefore, encroachments on peoples liberties are not generally made all at once, but so gradually as hardly to be perceived by the less watchful; and all plastered over, it may be, with such plausible pretenses, that before they are aware of the snare, they are taken and can not disentangle themselves."

corn does have a lot og flutten and protien... cracked corn would make it accesable to bees.... interesting thought as we feed yard chickens.... The pollen I am seeing is very light collored.... red maples may be possible.... not many around here. No alders at all...... We will have soft maples blooming in a day or so.... buds grem 3/8 yesterday alone.

No crocus or wild flower yet, probably by tomorrow.... Just struck me as very odd only 24 hours out of a 3 week below freezing spell...

"Power, especially overgrown power, whets the ambition and sets all the wits to work to enlarge it. Therefore, encroachments on peoples liberties are not generally made all at once, but so gradually as hardly to be perceived by the less watchful; and all plastered over, it may be, with such plausible pretenses, that before they are aware of the snare, they are taken and can not disentangle themselves."

They seem to use it for a pollen substitute ,don't know if its good for them but they roll in it til they are covered and can barely fly.I dumped a bag of corn meal into the feeder and they really went after that.The cracked corn has fine corn dust similiar to the pollen.

I haven't seen anything blooming as of yet either, but the maples look like they are going to pop any day. We also have numerous crocus and other bulb flowers that have buds that haven't opened yet. Still waiting to see my first dandelion.

Went out today....and Pollen! Two types. I actually tasted a dropped pellet, and it's pollen. I looked around and did'nt find anything. But the bees were headed off in the direction of a southern facing ridge with lots of maples. :piano: